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Europe: Cyclicals drive modest gains across European stocks
EUROPEAN stocks edged higher on Thursday (Apr 4), led by cyclical sectors such as miners and automakers, as investors were encouraged by signs of recovery in the eurozone economy...
Oil settles at five-month high; gains capped by jump in US crude stocks
OIL prices settled at their highest levels since late October on Wednesday (Apr 3) as investors worried about supply disruptions from a worsening geopolitical landscape, although a jump in...
Singapore stocks track regional gains on Tuesday; STI rises 0.4%
SINGAPORE shares finished in the black on Tuesday (Apr 2), mirroring regional markets. The local bourse’s blue-chip barometer, the Straits Times Index, expanded 0.4 per cent or 12.83 to...
Toyota’s Sato beats previous CEOs with first-year stock gains
TOYOTA Motor is seeing its best performance ever in the first year under a new chief executive, since Koji Sato took the reins last April.Shares of the world’s largest...
Europe: Stoxx 600 closes second-straight quarter with gains
EUROPE’S Stoxx 600 closed at a record high on Thursday, finishing its second-straight quarter in gains, with retailer JD Sports notching its strongest day in over four years after...
US: Dow, S&P 500 end at records, adding to Q1 gains
THE Dow and S&P 500 finished at fresh records on Thursday, adding to first-quarter gains on a mix of solid economic data and expectations of easing Federal Reserve policy.The...
US: Wall St opens flat ahead of Easter break, eyes sharp Q1 gains
WALL Street’s main indexes opened flat on Thursday (Mar 28) in thin trading ahead of Easter break, as investors awaited more data to gauge the Federal Reserve’s policy path...
US dollar gains as inflation data looms; yen on intervention watch
THE US dollar gained on the euro and pound on Thursday (Mar 28) after a US Federal Reserve policy maker said he wasn’t in a hurry to cut rates,...
